Unless you invest in people, you are not going to see growth in the long term, the medium term, and maybe even the short term.

There will be water and food fights everywhere.

If we do not act to curb climate change immediately, we will leave our children and grandchildren an unrecognizable planetIt is the poor, those least responsible for climate change and least able to afford adaptation, who would suffer the most.

We will never end poverty if we don't tackle climate change.

Water and sanitation has not had the same kind of champion that global health, and even education, have had.

I want to eradicate poverty. I think that theres a tremendous passion for that inside the World Bank.

What happens when corn and wheat prices rise is that we see real increases in malnutrition and under-nutrition. And when children are malnourished, their brain development actually slows down and is affected. So this is not just a short-term impact.